초등학교 실과교과를 통한 발명교육의 방안

A Strategy for Invention Education through the Practical Arts Subject

The purposes of this study were to examine the actual condition and problem of invention education in the elementary schools, to analyze the contents of the practical arts subject, and to suggest strategies for developing contents related to the invention education through the practical arts subject. This study was carried out through literature review and content analysis. The following recommendations were made from the result of this study. First, invention education should be brought in the school because inventional activity has its own value in educational aspect. And, it is desirable to be treated, in particular, in practical arts subject considering their common point. Second, invention education contents could be reflected on practical arts subject at the method of ‘permeation’ or ‘material’. Permeation means that invention education contents are permeated throughout all the unit, and material means that invention education contents are inserted in parts at the unit. Third, invention education at elementary school should be begun with basic level which is related to the surroundings of students rather than high level. That is to say, it is necessary for every student to have confidence, such as ‘I can invent something, or I can become a inventor, too’. Fourth, facilities for laboratory work and practical exercise in invention education should be equipped and constructed. And, a lot of chances to train invention education should be given to elementary school teachers in order to level up their qualification. Finally, theoretical basis for invention education should be made. Even though invention education is in everyone’s mouth, there is not many accumulated theories of invention education. That obstruct us from going ahead with invention education. So, a lot of research such as the concept, essence, method, and evaluation of the invention education should be made systematically later.